The Origins of Milk and Wool Production in the Old World: A Zooarchaeological Perspective from the Central Balkans [and Comments]

Greenfield, Haskel J.; Chapman, John A.; Clason, A.T.; Gilbert, Allan S.; Hesse, Brian; Milišauskas, Šarūnas

doi:10.1086/203676

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“…As regards application of faunal studies, Sherratt based his original analysis upon mortality profiles insignificantly supplemented by species composition. This approach was later contextualized by Greenfield (1988), taking into account the impact of a range of depositional processes (i.e. taphonomy).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It was based upon analysis of a range of Early Neolithic, Late Neolithic and Post-Neolithic settlements in the Central Balkans, dated to the period between 4500 and 1000 BC (Greenfield 1988(Greenfield , 2005. Greenfield (1988, p. 578) expected that secondary product exploitation of domestic animals should be reflected in a relative increase of species yielding secondary products (cattle, sheep, goats) and decrease of pigs.…”

Section: The Central Balkansmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eneolithic wagons). Furthermore, the changes in the post-Neolithic were consistently segregated by environment, which has been interpreted to imply the advent of transhumant pastoralism in the region (Greenfield 1988(Greenfield , 1989(Greenfield , 1999. There is no evidence for the emergence of specialized economy until much later (the Iron Age).…”

Section: The Central Balkansmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Secondary Products Revolution: Empirical Evidence and its Current Zooarchaeological Critique

Marciniak¹

2011

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Andrew Sherratt is perhaps best known for the concept of a 'Secondary Products Revolution', which stressed that the 'primary' pattern of exploiting domesticated animals for meat in the Early Neolithic was followed by a more diversified exploitation of secondary applications and products such as milk, wool, textiles, and traction. This paper discusses how changes in animal exploitation in the European Neolithic, including secondary uses and products, can be inferred from faunal remains. It also challenges a meatbased, livestock-rearing system for early farmers and stresses the idiosyncratic nature of the introduction of secondary products in particular areas of Anatolia and Europe.

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The Secondary Products Revolution: Empirical Evidence and its Current Zooarchaeological Critique

Marciniak¹

2011

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“…On the other hand, Sherratt's SPR model has been heavily criticized. It was challenged on the grounds, among others, that milk consumption can be observed well before the fourth millennium BC (Craig et al 2003;Duerr 2007;Evershed et al 2008;Greenfield 2010;Greenfield et al 1988;Vigne and Helmer 2007) and his claim that the horse was domesticated in the Ancient Near East has also been refuted (Anthony and Brown 2007). His views on the place where the invention of wheeled vehicles occurred are similarly contested.…”

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A new Early Bronze Age wagon model from the Carpathian Basin

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Szekely

2011

World Archaeology

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“…It could be argued that demographic profiles of birds raised exclusively for meat will display a higher number of young adult males and older adult females, while flocks maintained for feathers, should display even numbers of male and female adult birds. If meat is the principal role of the animal, males should be culled as soon as they reach maturity, since it is most energy efficient to butcher an animal when it reaches adult size, rather than maintaining it after adulthood when its overall growth slows dramatically (Greenfield et al, 1988). Females, on the other hand, may be maintained as breeding stock, or potentially for their eggs, which could be used for food, glue or paint ingredients (McKusick, 1986).…”

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Identifying the sex of archaeological turkey remains using ancient DNA techniques

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2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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ABSTRACT'!Accurate sex identification of archaeological turkey remains is important for deciphering hunting and husbandry practices in pre-contact North America, particularly in the Southwest United States and Mesoamerica where domestic turkeys were raised. Although the sexual dimorphism of turkeys means that relatively complete elements can be distinguished using osteometric approaches, sexing fragmentary or juvenile remains is challenging. Here, we propose a simple and highly-sensitive coamplification approach which targets highly-repetitive DNA (hrDNA) sequences on the turkey Wchromosome. This technique simultaneously co-amplifies both hrDNA and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) fragments: the amplification of the W chromosome identifies the heterogametic sex (females), while the mtDNA fragment acts as an internal positive control to monitor for false negative results. To demonstrate the sensitivity and accuracy of this technique, we applied it to 20 modern turkeys and 117 archaeological turkey bones from 25 sites (ca. AD700-1700), including 32 samples from Sand Canyon Pueblo (AD1250-1300). We amplified ancient DNA from 86% of the ancient remains, demonstrating the sensitivity of the technique for targeting nuclear DNA. The correspondence between morphological size and the genetic sex identification for 100% of the complete skeletal elements demonstrates the accuracy and robusticity of this approach. Although within the larger regional assemblage, more males than females were identified (61% vs 39%), the site-specific analysis at Sand Canyon Pueblo suggests that adult male and female turkeys were present in a relatively even ratio. !

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The Origins of Milk and Wool Production in the Old World: A Zooarchaeological Perspective from the Central Balkans [and Comments]

Cited by 101 publications

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The Secondary Products Revolution: Empirical Evidence and its Current Zooarchaeological Critique

The Secondary Products Revolution: Empirical Evidence and its Current Zooarchaeological Critique

A new Early Bronze Age wagon model from the Carpathian Basin

Identifying the sex of archaeological turkey remains using ancient DNA techniques

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